Very nice. I got mine for Christmas, and the only reason I got it was because I pointed by older brother to a sale Costco was having, so he only paid around $60 for him!
I'm sure someone else said this already but the ramp does lock in to place if you push it. Also the guns on the shoulders should be pushed down in Bot mode but that's really personal preference.
Metroplex's big red gun reminds me of the Pillar of Autumn and similar starships from the Halo series in that the starship largely consists of a GIANT weapon that launches out the nose of the ship
Cool figure, i got him my self last year. Sometimes i pose him with my reissue Blaster in boombox mode on his shoulder like he is listening to some music, hehe.
A bit of warning, Spada. I'm not sure if it was just mine, but I had a LOT of trouble with the adhesive on the decals. A few of my stickers started peeling off fairly soon after placing them. On the upside, this makes a GREAT base for minicons, as well. Nice placement with Armada Prime's trailer with Overload's Cannon mode makes for a rather impressive armed fortress, in my opinion.
I found that some careful placement of double-sided tape works well for the peeling stickers (in most cases, which in my case were mainly on the vehicle mode's flight deck, so mileage may vary depending on sticker location)
The whole leg issue is really just boils down to the individual figure. Mine's perfectly stable. But due to his size you don't want to do dynamic poses to begin with. Also the ramp can close up and be secured, you just have to push it all the way back and it will clip in. Also a little easter egg can be found if you flip open the panel under his front vent. It contains a bunch of tiny little Microtrailers molded in.
also, his helmet is actually on wrong... its sits MUCH better on his head than you have it shown in your review... (the visor actually screws with the transformation in the head, when its on, it pops the helmet off if the proper transformation joint, take it off entirely and the issue does not present itself.)
Got this one in Spain. Some € 430,00 which is still pretty cheap. Only one flaw extra it has: The sounds i get from it are non-speaking sounds. Further, it's an amazing figure. It's great to have it standing next to Fort Max.
1:37 I just noticed a missing sticker. Actually, a LOT of missing stickers. There was a full sticker sheet that came with this guy, I'm pretty sure. But then again, who has time for that? I understand.
So... Fort Max is still superior playset and superior giant sized transforming robot. With no stability issues. And he has more material in him too. And yea, I checked other videos - he looks as floppy on all of them, so it's a design issue.
The only reason Fort Max is more stable is because he is a giant brick with arms! Who has another transforming brick as a head, who AGAIN has a transforming, very small brick as a head. If Fort Max had knee joints, because of his top heaviness, he would fall over constantly. The face that this is the only complaint about Metroplex is fine by me, hell i have seen many people pose this guy fine, it might be a common issue, but i don't think everyone's will have it. i have seen some where he is balancing on one leg.
I agree that given the price you shouldn't have to deal with floppy ratchets, luckily though there are some very simple mods you can do to tighten them significantly, granted that you shouldn't have to, but there are a few vids up on UA-cam and of course TFW, likely you are already aware of these but I just felt I should mention them just in case
Holy crap... I just noticed that the gun looks just like the Macross! *sigh* If only it transformed too. That would be the greatest nod ever (seeing as Transformers G1's Skyfire and the VF-01 "Valkyrie" from Macross shared the same mold).
Great review of this figure dude! i did do a sticker video tutorial to make it easier if you ever decide to change your mind to putting the stickers on! lol
I have the same problem with the ramp however one of the hands on mine does not grip things well and is loose. However my knee and leg ratchets I have no problem with.
and what about the other exclusive version? the sdcc, it is similar to the japanese exclusive(not the regular japanese)with only some minor differences
thats to buy it online with his affiliate link not just saying its online only when ppl buy from that link he gets a bit of money. f you didn't know but i'm sure you do
In all fairness to the manufacturers, a few issues with the legs not holding the weight is a fairly reasonable weakness for the MOST GINORMOUS TRANSFORMER EVER in the grand scheme of things. And on the spaceship-gun deal; wasn't Sixshot originally kinda like G1 Metroplex's cassete, transformed from his guns? Maybe he's a triplechanger now.
Did I miss something? I remember you had two third party items you mentioned you'd get to later in the video, one being what looked like a bright orange figure you called Scamper before you pulled out the black Scamper figure from Metroplex. Don't remember seeing those after you set them off to the side.
After the rest of the Metroplex Crew got figures in the War for Cybertron Trilogy supposedly to go along with the big guy, are you ready to recomplete the original Citybot? I have a feeling you might have sold Metroplex already... By the way, maybe you might have seen a future at the time that led to the creation of the Long-Range Funnels of the Gundam Factory Yokohama's versions of the Nu Gundam and Sazabi when you mentioned Metroplex's red ship gun as a funnel. Those things do much more than Metroplex's cannon, though.
" if yoy can find him for a discount, or just wait till his price drops, get him" it's going for almost 700 on ebay now 😓. I know alot of transformers go up in price after a few years but Holy hell I didn't think he would get that high
One of my biggest pet peeves is figures/robots that can not stand on their own!! Huge disappointment when they break into thousand pieces by going FACE first into the ground!! (Looks like a Pass) Encore fortress Maximus Can STAND!! Thanks for sharing!!
Can you please turn off the “made for kids” thing for your UA-cam channel? The reason is because I miss getting notifications when you upload new videos.
if u have played TF Fall Of Cybertron, there's a mission in which optimus uses the cannon . the navigation deck is the aiming unit of the plasma cannon
Personnally, this is one of the few figures where I think the G1 version is better. I think it looks better, the alt modes are more convincing (this one's alt modes all look like a robot....), and besides that I think the encore one is cheaper? The first review I saw of him claimed he had no posebility what-so-ever, which made me think the G1 figure was actually more possible! Surprised to see that your figure does have decent posebility. Regardless of all that, $200 for a toy is just too damned high. I mean, even that $75 thundercracker I saw once was an immediet pass, especcially when I saw the flaws it had online.
Don't get me wrong, I really think that this figure is awesome, but why is it so inaccurate to the FOC Metroplex? Is there a point to making it and other figures like this?
I think they were aiming to give a sort of update to the overall G1 aesthetic, and gave him the voice of FOC Metroplex to... Compensate? Sounds like the right word, if not kinda close lol. I do wish they made an FOC Metroplex though, the bulk on that design makes it seem so much more powerful than the Generations Titan design... One can hope :)
Very nice. I got mine for Christmas, and the only reason I got it was because I pointed by older brother to a sale Costco was having, so he only paid around $60 for him!
Come ing back to this after 7 years I’m still impressed
Yay for Fall of Cybertron sounds and phrases.
Captain Fordo Yahoo love that game!
Cats vs robots
"SPACESHIP!!!" Benny, the Lego movie...
I'm sure someone else said this already but the ramp does lock in to place if you push it. Also the guns on the shoulders should be pushed down in Bot mode but that's really personal preference.
Scamper's little armored supercar mode is pretty awesome
You forgot his articulated eyes. That was the number one feature I wanted to try besides the lights and sounds
Metroplex's big red gun reminds me of the Pillar of Autumn and similar starships from the Halo series in that the starship largely consists of a GIANT weapon that launches out the nose of the ship
Cool figure, i got him my self last year.
Sometimes i pose him with my reissue Blaster in boombox mode on his shoulder like he is listening to some music, hehe.
Metroplex's City Mode - also known as Metroplex's Sitting Mode.
It not sitting mode, it the city mode, JUST SITTING MODE YOU FECKING IDIOT!!!
A bit of warning, Spada. I'm not sure if it was just mine, but I had a LOT of trouble with the adhesive on the decals. A few of my stickers started peeling off fairly soon after placing them.
On the upside, this makes a GREAT base for minicons, as well. Nice placement with Armada Prime's trailer with Overload's Cannon mode makes for a rather impressive armed fortress, in my opinion.
I found that some careful placement of double-sided tape works well for the peeling stickers (in most cases, which in my case were mainly on the vehicle mode's flight deck, so mileage may vary depending on sticker location)
Marshall Baggins I'll give that a try. Thanks a ton. :)
no problem, happy to help :)
The whole leg issue is really just boils down to the individual figure. Mine's perfectly stable. But due to his size you don't want to do dynamic poses to begin with. Also the ramp can close up and be secured, you just have to push it all the way back and it will clip in. Also a little easter egg can be found if you flip open the panel under his front vent. It contains a bunch of tiny little Microtrailers molded in.
Do you mean the vent on his helipad in city mode? Is that what those are? I just thought they were generators or something lol
your camera and mic were the bravest warriors i knew, may their spark rest in peace
the ramp does in fact snap into place, push in on the bottom of it. the snap is actually WAY in the back on the bottom.
also, his helmet is actually on wrong... its sits MUCH better on his head than you have it shown in your review... (the visor actually screws with the transformation in the head, when its on, it pops the helmet off if the proper transformation joint, take it off entirely and the issue does not present itself.)
A metrotitan repaint would be good.
Good...but pricey.
You finally got it! Really cool figure!
Till all are one, old camera and microphone…great review Spada
The spaceship gun you mentioned seems quite similar to the Altmode of Siege Shockwave.
You should get the third party knees, they're probably stronger and are also U-joints so you have more options on base mode.
Got this one in Spain. Some € 430,00 which is still pretty cheap. Only one flaw extra it has: The sounds i get from it are non-speaking sounds. Further, it's an amazing figure. It's great to have it standing next to Fort Max.
1:37 I just noticed a missing sticker. Actually, a LOT of missing stickers. There was a full sticker sheet that came with this guy, I'm pretty sure. But then again, who has time for that? I understand.
So... Fort Max is still superior playset and superior giant sized transforming robot. With no stability issues.
And he has more material in him too.
And yea, I checked other videos - he looks as floppy on all of them, so it's a design issue.
The only reason Fort Max is more stable is because he is a giant brick with arms! Who has another transforming brick as a head, who AGAIN has a transforming, very small brick as a head. If Fort Max had knee joints, because of his top heaviness, he would fall over constantly. The face that this is the only complaint about Metroplex is fine by me, hell i have seen many people pose this guy fine, it might be a common issue, but i don't think everyone's will have it. i have seen some where he is balancing on one leg.
I agree that given the price you shouldn't have to deal with floppy ratchets, luckily though there are some very simple mods you can do to tighten them significantly, granted that you shouldn't have to, but there are a few vids up on UA-cam and of course TFW, likely you are already aware of these but I just felt I should mention them just in case
Holy crap... I just noticed that the gun looks just like the Macross! *sigh* If only it transformed too. That would be the greatest nod ever (seeing as Transformers G1's Skyfire and the VF-01 "Valkyrie" from Macross shared the same mold).
This was my first transformer as a child
Great review of this figure dude! i did do a sticker video tutorial to make it easier if you ever decide to change your mind to putting the stickers on! lol
MightMouse74/RocketMan i
I have the same problem with the ramp however one of the hands on mine does not grip things well and is loose. However my knee and leg ratchets I have no problem with.
hello, just curious, will the original metroplex's guns attach at various places on this new Metroplex ?
and what about the other exclusive version? the sdcc, it is similar to the japanese exclusive(not the regular japanese)with only some minor differences
Don't worry Spada I've had it since christmas and I still haven't reviewed it yet.
Are you planning to review the"heavily modified scamper unit"?
Great review, I can't wait to see the review of the tfc sixguns :)
i havent ben able to find this in stores anywhere. do stores even sell it or is it online only?
Check the description -.-
thats to buy it online with his affiliate link not just saying its online only when ppl buy from that link he gets a bit of money. f you didn't know but i'm sure you do
Cadetdude in Indian stores, it's for 50k Rupees
The audios are from Fall Of Cybertron, the Game
metro= tallest by 1.5 in fort max = biggest , bulkiset, heaviest and by far the best one ever made
I was wondering, do minicons fit on this?
The gun is the ark, the ship Sentinel prime left on from cybertron.
erk, the cannons gun is not used to be put at the hands. it should be put at the shoulder :3
The cannon looking like a ship kinda reminds me of the Yggdrasil 4 in robot mode from Xenogears using the Yggdrasil ship itself as a cannon.
They should do a rerelease someday or a redo of him.
In all fairness to the manufacturers, a few issues with the legs not holding the weight is a fairly reasonable weakness for the MOST GINORMOUS TRANSFORMER EVER in the grand scheme of things.
And on the spaceship-gun deal; wasn't Sixshot originally kinda like G1 Metroplex's cassete, transformed from his guns? Maybe he's a triplechanger now.
You're thinking of Six-Gun. Sixshot was the Decepticon Six Changer.
Did I miss something? I remember you had two third party items you mentioned you'd get to later in the video, one being what looked like a bright orange figure you called Scamper before you pulled out the black Scamper figure from Metroplex. Don't remember seeing those after you set them off to the side.
After the rest of the Metroplex Crew got figures in the War for Cybertron Trilogy supposedly to go along with the big guy, are you ready to recomplete the original Citybot? I have a feeling you might have sold Metroplex already...
By the way, maybe you might have seen a future at the time that led to the creation of the Long-Range Funnels of the Gundam Factory Yokohama's versions of the Nu Gundam and Sazabi when you mentioned Metroplex's red ship gun as a funnel. Those things do much more than Metroplex's cannon, though.
Baltmatrix have you reviewed TFC 009?
Thats cool, he reminds me of liberty prime.
It is well known that this Metroplex might be little taller than G1 FortMax but G1 FortMax is still bulkier.
I'm still holding out for Toy World's Infinitor.
This is one of the best reviews it looks awesome if you have any that you don't want can i have trying to get up to 100 only have 65 TF
" if yoy can find him for a discount, or just wait till his price drops, get him" it's going for almost 700 on ebay now 😓. I know alot of transformers go up in price after a few years but Holy hell I didn't think he would get that high
yeah i don't think bots like this are ever going down in price.
The vehicle mode reminds me of the HK tank from Terminator.
Where's my classics Trypticon? :/
I wanted to get this figure but not being able to pose him was the deal breaker.
Well, now that you make me notice it looks a lot like a Halo starship like the In Amber Clad.
Hey Balt I love your videos
what´s the difference between the american and the japanese versions?
Paint
I say it's more of a colossal figure in my opinion
How tall is this compared to the literal transformer gods primus and unicron
I so want a Warhammer40k Transformers crossover XD
No surprise here in that the Japanese version has stronger joints and better paint apps. Oh, and the stickers come pre-placed.
The Takara Tomy version doesn't have the stickers already applied, they come on a sheet, same as the Hasbro version.
The ones I've seen must have had them already applied just for show, then. Ah, well.
Hey baltmatrix what's your favorite toy of all transformers
Is it a Autobot?
Yeah.... its kinda obvious....
yes
what do you think of course
I had the original it had the same issues in the original with the legs
They have this figure available in Hastings down here but the price~~~~~~
IS TO DAMN HIGH!!!!!
One of my biggest pet peeves is figures/robots that can not stand on their own!!
Huge disappointment when they break into thousand pieces by going FACE first into the ground!!
(Looks like a Pass)
Encore fortress Maximus Can STAND!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Well actually it can stand just bug figyres aren't ment forsuper posability plus g1 fort max is a brick thats why
How big is it in comparison to Fortress Maximus?
Its taller why come you think its called the biggest transformer ever XD
I recently got the takara version
It has the a world record for "largest transformer" from the Guinness book of world records 2018 or 2017 ether way it's green.
We need a Fortress Maximus rerelease!
Ironhide and hound would have a feild day with the guns
metroplex is supposed to look like his WOC and FOC counterpart.
May your camera and mic rest I peace
I know this is an old video but if you still have them would you like to sell me your stickers for metroplex
Hey Baltmatrix do you think this is worth to buy for $170.00 dollars
Gah, 400 dollars for japan version. Nearly died
Which better japanese or usa version?
Japanese
Can you please turn off the “made for kids” thing for your UA-cam channel? The reason is because I miss getting notifications when you upload new videos.
11:42 that thingy
okay so scampers car mode reminds me of like a batmobile.
Hey guys don't you think the spaceships or guns are space ships after you see this
Is metroplex the biggest Autobot?
primus is
Dinobot Primus is no more an Autobot than God is a Christian.
So, in actual answer, yes. Unless you count the Energon Giant Planet dudes, anymore.
i know hes not really an autobot but he is the creator and is mostly more autobot to me etc
Dinobot
I thought it was those octopus/rotating face aliens that built everything? (forgets name)
Hasbro level:
*SUPREME*
I only can get the Takara Tomy version in my country as my country are nearer to Japan.
Is that a bad thing? Back in the back Takara always had the versions
Mine has the same flaws
really awesome
Yeah some phrase came from transformers fall of the cybertron (my profile pic is transformers FOC lol)
if u have played TF Fall Of Cybertron, there's a mission in which optimus uses the cannon . the navigation deck is the aiming unit of the plasma cannon
the G1 metroplex is better!!! but sheesh this is great, where are the buildings?
City mode looks like a sitting robot.
Anyone else here the crying in the background?
Arktive Dk yes dude, wtf is that
I prefer it folded up because it hangs off the edge making it look stupid
COME ON TRYPTICON!
Love tbe Scamper autobot!
Personnally, this is one of the few figures where I think the G1 version is better. I think it looks better, the alt modes are more convincing (this one's alt modes all look like a robot....), and besides that I think the encore one is cheaper? The first review I saw of him claimed he had no posebility what-so-ever, which made me think the G1 figure was actually more possible! Surprised to see that your figure does have decent posebility. Regardless of all that, $200 for a toy is just too damned high. I mean, even that $75 thundercracker I saw once was an immediet pass, especcially when I saw the flaws it had online.
When its how big.... yeah its gonna cost a lot the g1 verison doesn't have more posability plus this verison is based off the IDW g1 metroplex
Here we are years after being released, when 400 is a killer deal on this bot lol.
Don't get me wrong, I really think that this figure is awesome, but why is it so inaccurate to the FOC Metroplex? Is there a point to making it and other figures like this?
I think they were aiming to give a sort of update to the overall G1 aesthetic, and gave him the voice of FOC Metroplex to... Compensate? Sounds like the right word, if not kinda close lol.
I do wish they made an FOC Metroplex though, the bulk on that design makes it seem so much more powerful than the Generations Titan design... One can hope :)
Nope its idw comics metroplex search him up its a really neat plus hes not really foc metroplex but sorta is
soo.... many...sounds!
I think he’s pretty big
Scamper is Knight Rider :D
Screw you my flagship can flip you off -Baltmatrix
wait, wrong damn video
It was from another video
I'd buy him if it wasn't for his size, i've nowhere to place him.
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